Brazil greenlights 562.5 MW of green projects from Dec 18 auction

March 14 (Renewables Now) - Brazil's power sector regulator Aneel approved on Tuesday 21 green projects with a combined capacity of 562.5 MW from the A-4 energy auction held on December 18, 2017.

Overall, 25 schemes were contracted during the tender with power supply scheduled to being on January 1, 2021. Due to pending documentation, Aneel is withholding the approvals for the remaining four projects belonging to the Solar do Sertao Consortium.

More details on the approved projects are available in the table below.

Owner

Type

Number of projects

Total capacity

Enervix Energias

Hydro

1

1.5 MW

Hidreletrica Fockink SA

1

10 MW

Jalles Machado

Biomass

1

25 MW

Voltalia Consortium

Wind

2

64 MW

AES Tiete

Solar

3

75 MW

Alba Energia/Enel Green Power Consortium

8

240 MW

Lira Empreendimentos/Canadian Solar Consortium

3

90 MW

Cajazeiras Servicos Administrativos/Sindustrial Engenharia Consortium

1

27 MW

Tropical Servicos Administrativos/Sindustrial Engenharia Consortium

1

30 MW

The tender awarded more than 674.5 MW of power capacity at an average price of BRL 144.51 per MWh (USD 44.34/EUR 35.78), Aneel noted.